People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Kızıltepe (Qoser) district co-chair Abdulkerim Erdem was remanded in custody.

Erdem was sentenced to 7 years and 11 months in prison on the charge of "being a member of a terrorist organization" in the case filed against him when he was the co-mayor of Dêrik municipality.

Erdem was sent to Diyarbakır High Security Prison No. 2 after the sentence was approved by the Supreme Court.

Erdem, who was arrested in 2016 and kept in prison for 2 years and 6 months within the scope of the case filed against him, was released in 2019.